Without Further Ado, Meet Your New Best Friend — The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 launches today - 8 a.m. Central - in the U.S., Japan and some European countries (check local listings). Starting price for the XP version - available now — is $399 USD. An Ubuntu Linux version will be available later, starting at $349 USD.

Google tweaks Chrome licence text — Google has rescinded an article of the user agreement for its new browser, Chrome, released on Tuesday. — The initial agreement claimed rights over “any Content which you submit, post or display on or through” the browser.

So Is Chrome The Fastest Or What? — There have been a number of timed and anecdotal speed tests performed on Google Chrome over the last couple of days. — My personal testing: Chrome is the fastest browser I have ever used. More structured TechCrunch testing showed similar results: It's fast.

Important Notification for the Sony VAIO® TZ Series — Sony takes pride in the quality of its products. Recently, we became aware of a potential issue affecting the following notebook PC models: — VGN-TZ100 series — VGN-TZ200 series — VGN-TZ300 series — VGN-TZ2000 series

Sony Recalls Notebook Computers Due to Burn Hazard — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

CNBC AND LINKEDIN ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE — Collaboration To Include Content Distribution, Technology Integration And Content Development — ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - September 3, 2008 - CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, and LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network …

Photo of the 4th Generation iPod Nano? — Alibaba, a B2B marketplace, has a photo (via Zollotech) of what appears to be the 4th generation iPod Nano that is expected to be released next week. — We can't be for sure if this represents a photo of the actual device, or simply a mockup based …

Gap Widens in Online Advertising — Rivals Struggle to Catch Up to Google As Buyers Favor Search Ads Over Display — Spending on Internet advertising is climbing at a healthy clip — rising 20% in the U.S. in the second quarter — and growth forecasts are strong despite the weak economy.

One Of The Coolest Homepages I've Seen — Last week my friend David Rose's company Angelsoft launched a new homepage for their website and I have to say it is one of the coolest homepages I have ever seen. — To summarize, Angelsoft is a platform that almost every angel investor group, and many VCs use to manage deal flow.

Why Chrome is a win-win for Google — For those that have been off-line for the last few days and without access to a television or other forms old media, Google has announced and released the first version of its own web browser called Chrome (see ReadWriteWeb's extensive coverage).

Small Book Publishers Offered New Technology — Hundreds of small, independent publishers will have easier access to digital book technology under a new service offered by Perseus Books Group, the result of agreements between it and more than a half-dozen technology companies, Perseus is expected to announce on Thursday.

Where are your clicks coming from? (Geographically speaking) — A new report is now available in the AdWords Report Center: the Geographic Performance report. This report provides you with an understanding of the geographic distribution of your impressions, clicks, and conversions down to the ad group level.

New data for Georgia — A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post explaining why our map of Georgia was blank, and letting users know that that we would soon be adding more data to the region. As promised, we've just released new data for Georgia and a number of other countries.